Electric motor



June 19,1923;

J. D. WILLIS ELECTRIC MOTOR Filed Aug. 11. 1926 2 Sheatsneot JOHN 0. MAL/5 2 @ef-7 ATTORNEY -.im 19, 192s.

' 1,674,383 J. D. wlLLls ELECTRIC MOTOR Filed Aug. 11, 1926 2 sheets-sheet 2 I INVENTOR JoH/v D. #yf/.1.1.5 1 BY @mim Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN D. WILLIS, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

, ELECTRIC MOTOR.

Application led August 11, 1926. Serial No. 128,574.

'This invention relates to motors where electricity is used for the purpose of producing power.

In the usual typeof such motors the rotorl rotorl with a plurality of iron blocks or magnet metal pieces and to further provide the motor with a plurality of two-pole magnets and to mount said magn'ets'iny a drum also made of non-magnetic metal and to thereby create a more intense magnetic field, the .iron

blocks acting as a path for the magnetic iluX.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide an electric motor that will be inexpensive in construction, simple in operation and superior in giving a very high eiliciency.

The invention possesses other objects and features offadvantage, some of which with the foregoing will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated inthe drawings accompanying and forming'part of the specification.

It is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by saiddrawings and descriptions, as variations may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claim.

- In' the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of one t-ype of electric motor involving the invention. i i n Figure 2 is an end sectional view taken on lines A-A; a'portion being broken away to provide space to'illustrate the wiring and Vthe relation of the various ymagnets to the vcommutator. v f

Figure 3 is a'sectional view illustrating a. .preferred way of holding the brushes `that have AContact with the collecting ring and the commutator. y f

Aci'. .fding' to construction shown, the

numeral 1() designates the rotor which is made .out of non-'magnetic material and provided with a plurality yof magnet metal blocks 11 of equal width that are substantially fastened to the outer periphery of the rotor as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The rotor is rigidly secured to a shaft 12 having support in bearings 13 provide-d in the end bell 14. In the present illustration plain bearings and ring oiling means are shown, but it is tol be understood that ball bearings and any type of oiling system may be used that will best accommodate the invention.

The outer housing. or drum 15 preferably forms a substantial cylindrical chamber and is made of non-magnetic metal and is provvided with a plurality of guide-forming recesses or pockets 16. In each of the pockets 16 there is radially mounted and securely fastenedto the drum 15 a two-pole magnet 17, the-innermost ends ofthe poles thereof extendinginto the chamber'of the drum and coming quite close to the outer surface of the magnet metal blocks 11 provided on the outer periphery of the rotorlO. It is'to be particularly observed that the rotor is provided with an even number of magnet blocks and the drum with an uneven number of magnets and that the magnets are arranged in pairs and on ,each side of the vertical center of the drum and rotor, the object of which will be hereinafter explained. f

Provision is made -in one of the end bells from and is adapted to move the brush 21 around the inner periphery of the various segments of the commutator as shown in Figure 2. An electricconductor 23 of a length `sufficient to allow the brush to have radial movement is connected to the brush 21 and to the collecting ring 20 as shown in Figure 3. A spring 24 is provided to insure good Contact of the brush against the comni'utator. Another brush 25, vadapted to have Contact the ccllecting ring 20, provided ia-rotor. Y

Vand held in an insulated container 26 and connected to the electric conductor 31. In :describing thel various electric conductors that leadgfromvthe sou-rceno supply 27 through the segments of the commutator l throughrthe magnets and vhack tothesource of supply, it is to be noted 'that a portion of the rotor is broken away and conductors` circular in form are shown. This is done to simplify the illustratinglof .the variouselectric vconductors and'their relation to the dif- 1 sterrentr .segments-of the rcornfmutator and the -`:magnets and it is-tohe understood that :sai-d zelectriccon'ductors arenotFin or a partici? fthe VAs hereinhefore finentione'd, theA commutaator is ,stationary and :the brush 2l; travels aa:0un`d.the innerlperiphery thereof. vElea wtricall energy from: the vsource of supply27 ewiscarriedftothe commutator through 'conf v.ducto-rs 28, y29, zOpfand'311through=-brushv25 f through collectingrring 20:. `through lconducutor- 23 and-brush'2l. f l v a In; the ypresent illustration, the niotor is provided Withwlivescts of electricnnagnets .Tand athe commutation thirty KIseparate seglments fEach of rthe, commutator segments Y'is fprovidedyvith ;an electricV conductor iall of which r lead :toy their-respective amagnets,

Y Anam-ely,every'iifth conductor'relativelyleads to-ione andthesame magnet. .',For'exampld .'segmentSQa, 22221222E andfi2Fzare'all connected to electric conductor f2 :and: allslead to Vginagnet .17%2. Likewise, segment 32' .3", "3", V 53d, .3E andi'BF arelall 'connectedto'electric conductor 3 .land-` all @lead to .imagnet jl7'*3. =Magnets 1"? *4,417 X5v fand; '17*1' are energized in @a similar: Way ethrough: their'.` respective :cominutatorsegmentsand conductors.l

.InFigure f2. the" brush -2lis .shown vin'. con- Y tactf. tithe commutator segment; 2a; fIt Wifll .Y thusabef observed; that electricalfenergy'flows -rfromethe :sourceotV supplyf27 y through conductors 28, 29,' 30 and 3l vthrough .hrush'f25 thnough collecting,- ring i 20 through .conductor' 23 .-"through brush "211 through vcommutator segment 2a .through .conductor throughmagnet 1-X2and floacktothe source off supply through return 'coiaductor v36 .energizing .finagnet- *17?2 .exerting a magnetic traction 'on'iblock 1lG,i.ndirection Loftlie fariroWfrS.V r f n i'As hereinhe'forelimentioned,'the motorfis `:providedwith ltive sets ol'- niagnetsfequally 55 spaced on circle making each:l magnety one Yltifth of 3690 apart which is:equal-to"2".A

' The rotor isfprovided' with sixrlolocks equally spaced onf-fa circlefwhi'ch:isvequal .to 'ir-60 japart, maka'ng reach *magnet ..a :distance of fm`'2oifurthenapart than the'hlocksj fThezconif inut-ator-is fprovided :with separatef seg- .A ments makingieach'segment 12...apart. :jlt :will :'tlruslhefnoted -that each set-.of magnets are successively {energizedleveryy 12C" move- 35 Vment of the .-rotor.1and `remainenergized during said 12O movement until the follonw. ing set of Vmagnets become energized. VThe brush 21is:positioned Ion the-.rotor shaft with respectfto Vthe blocksll, having the v.same.relation to the commutator segments .v as thehlocks ,have .tothe magnets, so as Vto Y alyvaysenergize each Vmagnet at the point iiWh-enqthe portion of the block nearest the magnet is l2o from the magnet. For eX- ample, .the bnush1i2l.,has contact with commutator segment 2a When the nearest p0rirtion* ofl the: AJolock @approaching magnet ..717 x2k is 12% fromthencenter of .saidmagnet, i .the

said magnet remaining energizediwhilefftheV ythe y.blocks '11, thus imparting:movement to the-roten1 'The 'brush may heef 1 typenoreavidth and located inany mannerthatrwill give the f motor its'- @highest .aeficiency Inf; the ipresent illustration, -the rotor is'.I shown -asuunning Y in anianticlockwise direction. hren it is gdesiredzto .run .thefrotor .iny aV clockwise .direci'tion,"` the" brush is iadgustedr so las to energize the :magnets When :the blocks are on the Y r in' Figure? 1,' to ggive' e the motor vmore iporver and better efficiency.

- iHa-ving: thus illustrated a certainri'orm vof Y. construction 1. an d: t arrangement? of 1 partsfpergwtainingwtofthe invention,tisitorgbe undfer-V -stood `ithat the improvements fbe emnbodied-:in any. .type off Lelectric' motor, rwhich. l obviously unay nbc huilt i up f ini any zsuitahle manner, the present Y illustration :not being utilizedzas indicating the lonly l.form of motor inaxvhich the parts-may be mounted ;v and; it' i is yfdeslired. to include `in :this lapplica-tion -for A'Letters laftent of :the @United States fof America, :whatever: 'features not patentahle novelty that exist inthe invention disclosed -Y and all that: comes withinthe'rangeof the Vfinvention ias asetv` forth A,in tthe claim vhereinafter :mentioned 'i 1 f I What is claimed:

,having azdrnmumade of grnonanagnetic inarterial, a rotor.y ma'de ofi non-magnetic mate= Y `V12o aamachine,operative vas an velectric motor,

farial..amounted 1 therein, a .plurality et4 ma-gnetic metal pieces fastened totheeirotoga :plurality-wot rmagnets, Mot a different nu1n' aber thanthesnumher of: said :magnetic metal commutator provided With apl'uralityyof Y tors that lead to the magnets, a ring made have moving Contact on the various seg of electric conducting material fastened on ments of the commutator. the rotor shaft and Vinsulated therefrom, a In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 stationary carbon brush having connection I have hereto set my hand this fifth day of 5 with the source of electrical energy and con- August, 1926.

tact with said ring, and another carbon brush mounted on said ring and adapted to JOHN D. WILLIS. 

